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每日跟讀#508 : Good News: AI Is Getting Cheaper. That’s Bad News, Too.

 

A Silicon Valley startup recently unveiled a drone that can set a course entirely on its own. A smartphone app allows the user to tell the drone to follow someone. Once the drone starts tracking, its subject will find it remarkably hard to shake.

 

The drone is meant to be a fun gadget. But it is not unreasonable to find this automated bloodhound a little unnerving.

 

矽谷一家新創公司最近推出一款可以自主設定路線的無人機。使用者可利用智慧手機應用程式命令無人機去跟蹤某人。一旦無人機開始跟蹤，被跟蹤對象將很難擺脫。

 

這款無人機設計初衷是作為有趣的小機具，但若說這隻自動獵犬讓人覺得有點不安，卻也並不為過。

 

A group of artificial intelligence researchers and policymakers last month released a report that described how rapidly evolving and increasingly affordable AI technologies could be used for malicious purposes.

 

The tracking drone helps explain their concerns. Made by a company called Skydio, the drone costs $2,499. It was made with technological building blocks available to anyone: ordinary cameras, open-source software and low-cost computer chips.

 

一群人工智慧的研究和決策人員上個月發布了一份報告，把進展神速且價格日益親民的人工智慧可能被用來作惡的情況，做了一番描述。

 

Skydio製造的這款售價2499美元（約合台幣7萬3688元）的無人機，即可用以說明他們的憂慮。這款無人機以任何人皆能取得的技術元件組成：一般的相機，開放原始碼軟體和低價電腦晶片。

 

In time, putting these pieces together will become increasingly easy and inexpensive.

 

“This stuff is getting more available in every sense,” said one of Skydio’s founders, Adam Bry. These same technologies are bringing a new level of autonomy to cars, warehouse robots, security cameras and a wide range of internet services.

 

隨著時日推移，拼湊這些元件也會變得越來越容易，也越便宜。

 

Skydio創辦人之一布萊說：「這種東西在各方面都變得更容易取得。」這些科技正把汽車、倉庫機器人、保全攝影機和多種網路服務帶向自動化的新層次。

 

But at times, new AI systems also exhibit strange and unexpected behavior because the way they learn from large amounts of data is not entirely understood. That makes them vulnerable to manipulation; today’s computer-vision algorithms, for example, can be fooled into seeing things that are not there.

 

In such a scenario, miscreants could circumvent security cameras or compromise a driverless car.

 

然而有些時候，新的人工智慧系統也展現了奇怪和預料之外的行為，因為對於它們如何從大量數據學習，我們尚未完全了解。這使它們容昜受到擺布；以今日的電腦視覺演算法為例，它就會受到矇騙而看見實際上不存在的物體。

 

這種情況下，歹徒可能躲過保全攝影機偵測，或讓無人駕駛車出問題。

 

Researchers are also developing AI systems that can find and exploit security holes in all sorts of other systems, said Paul Scharre, an author of the report. These systems can be used for both defense and offense.

 

報告作者之一沙爾雷說，研究人員同時也在研發可在各種其他系統中找到安全漏洞並加以利用的人工智慧系統，這些系統進可攻，退可守。

 

Automated techniques will make it easier to carry out attacks that now require extensive human labor, including “spear phishing,” which involves gathering and exploiting personal data of victims. In coming years, the report said, machines will be more adept at collecting and deploying this data on their own.

 

有了自動化技術，執行目前需動用大量人力的攻擊行動會變得更為容易，包括需要收集並利用對方個人數據資訊的「魚叉式網路釣魚」。報告指出，未來各種機器對於自主收集並運用數據資料會更為熟練。

 

AI systems are also increasingly adept at generating believable audio and video on their own. This will make it easier for bad actors to spread misinformation online, the report said.

 

人工智慧系統對於自動產生可信的音頻訊號與影像也日益熟練。報告指出，這將讓心懷不軌的使用者更容易在網路散播不實訊息。

 

Source:https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/324548/web/

 

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每日跟讀#508 : Good News: AI Is Getting Cheaper. That’s Bad News, Too.

 

A Silicon Valley startup recently unveiled a drone that can set a course entirely on its own. A smartphone app allows the user to tell the drone to follow someone. Once the drone starts tracking, its subject will find it remarkably hard to shake.

 

The drone is meant to be a fun gadget. But it is not unreasonable to find this automated bloodhound a little unnerving.

 

矽谷一家新創公司最近推出一款可以自主設定路線的無人機。使用者可利用智慧手機應用程式命令無人機去跟蹤某人。一旦無人機開始跟蹤，被跟蹤對象將很難擺脫。

 

這款無人機設計初衷是作為有趣的小機具，但若說這隻自動獵犬讓人覺得有點不安，卻也並不為過。

 

A group of artificial intelligence researchers and policymakers last month released a report that described how rapidly evolving and increasingly affordable AI technologies could be used for malicious purposes.

 

The tracking drone helps explain their concerns. Made by a company called Skydio, the drone costs $2,499. It was made with technological building blocks available to anyone: ordinary cameras, open-source software and low-cost computer chips.

 

一群人工智慧的研究和決策人員上個月發布了一份報告，把進展神速且價格日益親民的人工智慧可能被用來作惡的情況，做了一番描述。

 

Skydio製造的這款售價2499美元（約合台幣7萬3688元）的無人機，即可用以說明他們的憂慮。這款無人機以任何人皆能取得的技術元件組成：一般的相機，開放原始碼軟體和低價電腦晶片。

 

In time, putting these pieces together will become increasingly easy and inexpensive.

 

“This stuff is getting more available in every sense,” said one of Skydio’s founders, Adam Bry. These same technologies are bringing a new level of autonomy to cars, warehouse robots, security cameras and a wide range of internet services.

 

隨著時日推移，拼湊這些元件也會變得越來越容易，也越便宜。

 

Skydio創辦人之一布萊說：「這種東西在各方面都變得更容易取得。」這些科技正把汽車、倉庫機器人、保全攝影機和多種網路服務帶向自動化的新層次。

 

But at times, new AI systems also exhibit strange and unexpected behavior because the way they learn from large amounts of data is not entirely understood. That makes them vulnerable to manipulation; today’s computer-vision algorithms, for example, can be fooled into seeing things that are not there.

 

In such a scenario, miscreants could circumvent security cameras or compromise a driverless car.

 

然而有些時候，新的人工智慧系統也展現了奇怪和預料之外的行為，因為對於它們如何從大量數據學習，我們尚未完全了解。這使它們容昜受到擺布；以今日的電腦視覺演算法為例，它就會受到矇騙而看見實際上不存在的物體。

 

這種情況下，歹徒可能躲過保全攝影機偵測，或讓無人駕駛車出問題。

 

Researchers are also developing AI systems that can find and exploit security holes in all sorts of other systems, said Paul Scharre, an author of the report. These systems can be used for both defense and offense.

 

報告作者之一沙爾雷說，研究人員同時也在研發可在各種其他系統中找到安全漏洞並加以利用的人工智慧系統，這些系統進可攻，退可守。

 

Automated techniques will make it easier to carry out attacks that now require extensive human labor, including “spear phishing,” which involves gathering and exploiting personal data of victims. In coming years, the report said, machines will be more adept at collecting and deploying this data on their own.

 

有了自動化技術，執行目前需動用大量人力的攻擊行動會變得更為容易，包括需要收集並利用對方個人數據資訊的「魚叉式網路釣魚」。報告指出，未來各種機器對於自主收集並運用數據資料會更為熟練。

 

AI systems are also increasingly adept at generating believable audio and video on their own. This will make it easier for bad actors to spread misinformation online, the report said.

 

人工智慧系統對於自動產生可信的音頻訊號與影像也日益熟練。報告指出，這將讓心懷不軌的使用者更容易在網路散播不實訊息。

 

Source:https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/324548/web/

 

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台北嘿掰講 Ep18 - Banks Look to Cellphones to replace A.T.M. Cards

 

每週更新的播客，來聽聽Gavin跟John這禮拜聊行動支付

 

#Taipeibanter＃台北嘿掰講

 

詞彙：

1. Umpteenth - very many 多次

2. Coffer - strong box for jewelry or valuables 儲蓄保管箱 (儲蓄)

3. Onerous - great effort / much trouble or worry 繁重，麻煩的

4. Put safeguards in place - set protection 設置保護機制

5. Fared (better/worse) - perform or do 進展

6. Knock on wood - not bring about the bad 敲木頭三下

 

Taipei Banter, where John and Gavin talk about the interesting things around the world.跟讀文章: http://www.15mins.today/blog/489-banks-look-to-cellphones-to-replace-a-t-m-cards

 

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台北嘿掰講 Ep18 - Banks Look to Cellphones to replace A.T.M. Cards

 

每週更新的播客，來聽聽Gavin跟John這禮拜聊行動支付

 

#Taipeibanter＃台北嘿掰講

 

詞彙：

1. Umpteenth - very many 多次

2. Coffer - strong box for jewelry or valuables 儲蓄保管箱 (儲蓄)

3. Onerous - great effort / much trouble or worry 繁重，麻煩的

4. Put safeguards in place - set protection 設置保護機制

5. Fared (better/worse) - perform or do 進展

6. Knock on wood - not bring about the bad 敲木頭三下

 

Taipei Banter, where John and Gavin talk about the interesting things around the world.跟讀文章: http://www.15mins.today/blog/489-banks-look-to-cellphones-to-replace-a-t-m-cards

 

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每日跟讀#507: Who brings olive oil to Portugal? Police foil cocaine smuggler’s ploy

 

Who would bring a suitcase full of olive oil to Portugal, one of the world’s biggest producers of the stuff?

 

誰會把滿滿一旅行箱的橄欖油帶到葡萄牙？它可是全世界最主要橄欖油生產國之一。

 

Police at Lisbon airport were already suspicious of one passenger before they discovered 24 bottles of extra virgin olive oil marked as Argentinian-made in his luggage.

 

在一名乘客的行李中發現24瓶標註阿根廷製造的特級初榨橄欖油以前，里斯本機場的警方早就對他起疑。

 

"We had information that the man could be a trafficker, so he was stopped for checks, but the fact that he was coming to Portugal with a bunch of olive oil definitely reinforced our suspicions, which proved to be right," a police official said.

 

一名警官說，「我們收到資訊，得知這名男子可能是非法販子，所以攔檢他，但他帶著一堆橄欖油來到葡萄牙一事，絕對加深我們的懷疑，事實證明就是如此。」

 

The oil was found to be mixed with cocaine.

 

這些油被查出摻有古柯鹼。

 

"We’ve had seizures of drugs hidden in bananas, pineapples, but this is unusual because it begs the question why," the official told Reuters.

 

這名官員告訴路透：「我們查獲過藏在香蕉、鳳梨裡頭的毒品，但這次非比尋常，因它惹人提問原因。」

 

The amount of the drug suspended in the oil would be enough for 33,000 individual doses, he said. The man was arrested. (Reuters)

 

他說，這些漂浮在油裡的毒品量，可能足以供應3萬3000個劑量。這名男子已被逮捕。（路透)

 

Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1257549&day=2018-12-29

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每日跟讀#507: Who brings olive oil to Portugal? Police foil cocaine smuggler’s ploy

 

Who would bring a suitcase full of olive oil to Portugal, one of the world’s biggest producers of the stuff?

 

誰會把滿滿一旅行箱的橄欖油帶到葡萄牙？它可是全世界最主要橄欖油生產國之一。

 

Police at Lisbon airport were already suspicious of one passenger before they discovered 24 bottles of extra virgin olive oil marked as Argentinian-made in his luggage.

 

在一名乘客的行李中發現24瓶標註阿根廷製造的特級初榨橄欖油以前，里斯本機場的警方早就對他起疑。

 

"We had information that the man could be a trafficker, so he was stopped for checks, but the fact that he was coming to Portugal with a bunch of olive oil definitely reinforced our suspicions, which proved to be right," a police official said.

 

一名警官說，「我們收到資訊，得知這名男子可能是非法販子，所以攔檢他，但他帶著一堆橄欖油來到葡萄牙一事，絕對加深我們的懷疑，事實證明就是如此。」

 

The oil was found to be mixed with cocaine.

 

這些油被查出摻有古柯鹼。

 

"We’ve had seizures of drugs hidden in bananas, pineapples, but this is unusual because it begs the question why," the official told Reuters.

 

這名官員告訴路透：「我們查獲過藏在香蕉、鳳梨裡頭的毒品，但這次非比尋常，因它惹人提問原因。」

 

The amount of the drug suspended in the oil would be enough for 33,000 individual doses, he said. The man was arrested. (Reuters)

 

他說，這些漂浮在油裡的毒品量，可能足以供應3萬3000個劑量。這名男子已被逮捕。（路透)

 

Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1257549&day=2018-12-29

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每日跟讀#506 : In Norway, Electric and Hybrid Cars Outsell Conventional Models

 

Sales of electric and hybrid cars in Norway outpaced those running on fossil fuels last year, cementing the country’s position as a global leader in the push to restrict vehicle emissions.

 

Norway, a major oil exporter, would seem an unlikely champion of newer, cleaner-running vehicles. But the country offers generous incentives that make electric cars cheaper to buy, and provides additional benefits once the vehicles are on the road.

 

去年，挪威的電動車和油電混合車的銷量超越使用化石燃料的汽車，奠定了挪威推動車輛減排全球領導者的地位。

 

挪威是個石油出口大國，似乎不太會是更新型態、更乾淨車輛的倡導國。然而挪威卻提供大方的獎勵，讓消費者購買電動車時價格更親民，車輛一旦上路，還有額外的好康。

 

Countries around the world have ramped up their promotion of hybrid and electric cars. As China tries to improve air quality and dominate new vehicle technology, the government there wants 1 in 5 cars sold to run on alternative fuels by 2025. France and Britain plan to end the sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars by 2040.

 

Norway is ahead of the rest of the world. About 52 percent of the new cars sold in the country last year ran on new forms of fuel, according the data released by Norway’s Road Traffic Advisory Board, OFV. The share of diesel cars, which were once considered more environmentally friendly but are now in the spotlight for their noxious emissions, fell sharply.

 

世界各國紛紛對電動車和油電車的推廣加大力度。在中國試圖改善空氣品質，主宰新型車輛技術之際，政府希望2025年前當地售出的汽車有五分之一使用替代燃料。法國和英國計畫在2040年前停售汽、柴油車輛。

 

挪威目前在世上居於最領先地位。根據挪威道路交通諮詢委員會（OFV）發布的資料，去年該國銷售的新車，約52％使用新型燃料。柴油車的占比劇降。柴油車一度被認為更環保，如今卻因排放有害氣體而成眾矢之的。

 

“This trend will only increase,” Oyvind Solberg Thorsen, OFV’s director, said in a statement. “This is good for both road safety and the environment.”

 

Although electric vehicles make up just a small portion of the global market now, automakers — including those, like Tesla, that produce only electric models, and giants like Volkswagen — have bet billions of dollars that such vehicles will soon be as cheap and ubiquitous as conventional cars. Investments in charging stations and other technology connected to electric vehicles are also increasing.

 

OFV執行長歐文德．梭伯格．索爾森發表聲明說：「這種趨勢只會加快。這對道路安全和環境有好處。」

 

儘管電動車現今僅占全球市場的一小部分，汽車製造商─包括像特斯拉那種只生產電動車的，以及像福斯汽車這樣的巨擘，都已在這種汽車賭上數十億美元，認為它很快就會和傳統汽車一樣便宜以及無所不在。和電動車相關的充電站以及其他技術的投資也日益增多。

 

General Motors and Ford Motor have said they will shift their focus to electric models, while carmakers like Volvo have moved to phase out the internal combustion engine entirely. Joining the fray are entrepreneurs like James Dyson who have their own plans to build electric vehicles.

 

As the market grows, makers of electric cars are facing difficulties. Tesla has lagged in its production of the Model 3, its first mass-market offering. And a slump in overall car sales in the United States could put a crimp in the expansion of electric vehicles.

 

Norway, which wants to phase out diesel and gasoline cars by 2025, offers a counterexample.

 

The country’s embrace of electric cars has been hastened by hefty government subsidies and tax breaks that make the technology more affordable.

 

通用汽車和福特汽車都已表示，他們將把重點轉向電動車，而像富豪汽車這些汽車製造商則開始逐步徹底淘汰內燃機汽車。加入戰局的還有像詹姆斯．戴森這樣的企業家，他們也各有打造電動車的計畫。

 

隨市場增長，電動車製造商也面臨困境。特斯拉的第一個大眾市場車款特斯拉三型電動車的生產進度落後。美國整體汽車銷量下滑，也可能成為電動車擴張的一道障礙。 冀望2025年前逐步淘汰柴油和汽油車的挪威，則是一個反例。

 

這個國家擁抱電動車的速度，因政府提供大量補貼和減稅而加快，政府的政策讓這項技術變得更買得起。

 

Source:https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/323758/web/

 

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每日跟讀#506 : In Norway, Electric and Hybrid Cars Outsell Conventional Models

 

Sales of electric and hybrid cars in Norway outpaced those running on fossil fuels last year, cementing the country’s position as a global leader in the push to restrict vehicle emissions.

 

Norway, a major oil exporter, would seem an unlikely champion of newer, cleaner-running vehicles. But the country offers generous incentives that make electric cars cheaper to buy, and provides additional benefits once the vehicles are on the road.

 

去年，挪威的電動車和油電混合車的銷量超越使用化石燃料的汽車，奠定了挪威推動車輛減排全球領導者的地位。

 

挪威是個石油出口大國，似乎不太會是更新型態、更乾淨車輛的倡導國。然而挪威卻提供大方的獎勵，讓消費者購買電動車時價格更親民，車輛一旦上路，還有額外的好康。

 

Countries around the world have ramped up their promotion of hybrid and electric cars. As China tries to improve air quality and dominate new vehicle technology, the government there wants 1 in 5 cars sold to run on alternative fuels by 2025. France and Britain plan to end the sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars by 2040.

 

Norway is ahead of the rest of the world. About 52 percent of the new cars sold in the country last year ran on new forms of fuel, according the data released by Norway’s Road Traffic Advisory Board, OFV. The share of diesel cars, which were once considered more environmentally friendly but are now in the spotlight for their noxious emissions, fell sharply.

 

世界各國紛紛對電動車和油電車的推廣加大力度。在中國試圖改善空氣品質，主宰新型車輛技術之際，政府希望2025年前當地售出的汽車有五分之一使用替代燃料。法國和英國計畫在2040年前停售汽、柴油車輛。

 

挪威目前在世上居於最領先地位。根據挪威道路交通諮詢委員會（OFV）發布的資料，去年該國銷售的新車，約52％使用新型燃料。柴油車的占比劇降。柴油車一度被認為更環保，如今卻因排放有害氣體而成眾矢之的。

 

“This trend will only increase,” Oyvind Solberg Thorsen, OFV’s director, said in a statement. “This is good for both road safety and the environment.”

 

Although electric vehicles make up just a small portion of the global market now, automakers — including those, like Tesla, that produce only electric models, and giants like Volkswagen — have bet billions of dollars that such vehicles will soon be as cheap and ubiquitous as conventional cars. Investments in charging stations and other technology connected to electric vehicles are also increasing.

 

OFV執行長歐文德．梭伯格．索爾森發表聲明說：「這種趨勢只會加快。這對道路安全和環境有好處。」

 

儘管電動車現今僅占全球市場的一小部分，汽車製造商─包括像特斯拉那種只生產電動車的，以及像福斯汽車這樣的巨擘，都已在這種汽車賭上數十億美元，認為它很快就會和傳統汽車一樣便宜以及無所不在。和電動車相關的充電站以及其他技術的投資也日益增多。

 

General Motors and Ford Motor have said they will shift their focus to electric models, while carmakers like Volvo have moved to phase out the internal combustion engine entirely. Joining the fray are entrepreneurs like James Dyson who have their own plans to build electric vehicles.

 

As the market grows, makers of electric cars are facing difficulties. Tesla has lagged in its production of the Model 3, its first mass-market offering. And a slump in overall car sales in the United States could put a crimp in the expansion of electric vehicles.

 

Norway, which wants to phase out diesel and gasoline cars by 2025, offers a counterexample.

 

The country’s embrace of electric cars has been hastened by hefty government subsidies and tax breaks that make the technology more affordable.

 

通用汽車和福特汽車都已表示，他們將把重點轉向電動車，而像富豪汽車這些汽車製造商則開始逐步徹底淘汰內燃機汽車。加入戰局的還有像詹姆斯．戴森這樣的企業家，他們也各有打造電動車的計畫。

 

隨市場增長，電動車製造商也面臨困境。特斯拉的第一個大眾市場車款特斯拉三型電動車的生產進度落後。美國整體汽車銷量下滑，也可能成為電動車擴張的一道障礙。 冀望2025年前逐步淘汰柴油和汽油車的挪威，則是一個反例。

 

這個國家擁抱電動車的速度，因政府提供大量補貼和減稅而加快，政府的政策讓這項技術變得更買得起。

 

Source:https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/323758/web/

 

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每日跟讀#505: World’s first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin

 

The world’s first ever no-kill eggs are now on sale in Berlin after German scientists found an easy way to determine a chick’s gender before it hatches, in a breakthrough that could put an end to the annual live shredding of billions of male chicks worldwide.

 

在德國科學家發現在小雞孵出前即鑑定其性別的簡易方法後，全球首批非殺戮雞蛋現在於柏林上市，這項突破性發展可望讓全球每年數十億隻小公雞遭活生生絞碎的命運宣告終結。

 

The patented "Seleggt" process can determine the sex of a chick just nine days after an egg has been fertilised. Male eggs are processed into animal feed, leaving only female chicks to hatch at the end of a 21-day incubation period.

 

這項獲得專利的「Seleggt」程序，可在一枚受精卵產下僅9天就鑑定出小雞的性別。公雞蛋被處理加工成動物飼料，在21天孵化期結束時僅留下母雞。

 

"If you can determine the sex of a hatching egg, you can entirely dispense with the culling of live male chicks," said Seleggt managing director Dr. Ludger Breloh, who spearheaded the four-year programme by German supermarket Rewe Group.

 

「若你能判定一枚孵化中的雞蛋的性別，你就能完全免除撲殺活生生的小公雞，」Seleggt總經理布雷洛博士說，他主持這項由德國超市「雷弗集團」支持的4年計畫。

 

An estimated 4-6 billion male chicks are slaughtered globally every year because they serve no economic purpose. Some are suffocated, others are fed alive into grinding or shredding machines to be processed into reptile food.

 

每一年全球估計有40億至60億隻小公雞因沒有經濟作用而被殘殺。有些被悶死，其他則被活活送進碾碎或絞碎機，做成爬蟲動物飼料。

 

Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1256816&day=2018-12-26

 

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每日跟讀#505: World’s first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin

 

The world’s first ever no-kill eggs are now on sale in Berlin after German scientists found an easy way to determine a chick’s gender before it hatches, in a breakthrough that could put an end to the annual live shredding of billions of male chicks worldwide.

 

在德國科學家發現在小雞孵出前即鑑定其性別的簡易方法後，全球首批非殺戮雞蛋現在於柏林上市，這項突破性發展可望讓全球每年數十億隻小公雞遭活生生絞碎的命運宣告終結。

 

The patented "Seleggt" process can determine the sex of a chick just nine days after an egg has been fertilised. Male eggs are processed into animal feed, leaving only female chicks to hatch at the end of a 21-day incubation period.

 

這項獲得專利的「Seleggt」程序，可在一枚受精卵產下僅9天就鑑定出小雞的性別。公雞蛋被處理加工成動物飼料，在21天孵化期結束時僅留下母雞。

 

"If you can determine the sex of a hatching egg, you can entirely dispense with the culling of live male chicks," said Seleggt managing director Dr. Ludger Breloh, who spearheaded the four-year programme by German supermarket Rewe Group.

 

「若你能判定一枚孵化中的雞蛋的性別，你就能完全免除撲殺活生生的小公雞，」Seleggt總經理布雷洛博士說，他主持這項由德國超市「雷弗集團」支持的4年計畫。

 

An estimated 4-6 billion male chicks are slaughtered globally every year because they serve no economic purpose. Some are suffocated, others are fed alive into grinding or shredding machines to be processed into reptile food.

 

每一年全球估計有40億至60億隻小公雞因沒有經濟作用而被殘殺。有些被悶死，其他則被活活送進碾碎或絞碎機，做成爬蟲動物飼料。

 

Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1256816&day=2018-12-26

 

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